


The story of a gorilla living in a roadside mall and arcade, Ivan has become accustomed to life behind glass.

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell While it doesn't cost you any more to purchase books via the links provided, I earn a small commission from purchases. I know your fourth graders will love these great stories and you'll be ready to rock your year with a great 4th grade book list! I've included a variety of 4th grade level books for your below, on-level, and advanced readers. ( Read more about what a trifold novel study is here.) I also shared links to the trifold novel study pack to help save you prep time. To help you determine which books are the best fit for your class, I shared a short summary of the plot. These 20 novels are amazing reads for your fourth-grade readers. Build them into novel studies during ELA, or just use them for an independent study.

With this coup Nick gets a big surprise: the proof that Mrs. Just to get under her skin-and despite her loud protests-he invents the word ""frindle"" and convinces the whole school to use it instead of the word ""pen."" The word spreads to the city, nation and world, and Clements (Big Al) fast-forwards the story by 10 years to show that ""frindle"" has made it into the dictionary. In fifth grade, however, he meets his match in tough language-arts teacher Mrs. Always one step ahead of his teachers, Nick not only can ""feel a homework assignment coming the way a farmer can feel a rainstorm"" but can dream up a distraction to prevent the assignment from being given.
